Welcome To Centre for Stem Cell Research

The Centre for Stem Cell Research (CSCR), a unit of the Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine (inStem), Bengaluru, has been established as a collaboration between inStem, the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India and the Christian Medical College, Vellore. CSCR is supported by the Department of Biotechnology of the Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India.

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Mission

CSCR aims to use stem cell science to better understand human diseases and develop novel cell based therapies for some of them through translational research including basic science, animal models for diseases and clinical trials. This will be done through interdisciplinary collaborations working in teams directed at specific themes of research directed at addressing unmet health care needs in the country. It also will provide training and education in stem cell research to help build human capacity in this field.

Goals

  • Establish teams of scientists to work in specific themes directed at addressing unmet heathcare needs through carefully directed translational research.
  • Create cellular and animal models of diseases to test hypothesis generated from understanding of those diseases and of stem cell biology.
  • Perform early phase clinical trials with stem cells manufactured under current good manufacturing practice (GMP) conditions.
  • Develop a training program for students and scientists who will contribute to the manpower required for this field in the country.

Facilities

Laboratory Animal Facility

The aim of the laboratory animal facility at CSCR is to ensure humane and ethical treatment...

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cGMP Facility

The facility is designed to develop and manufacture cellular and tissue engineered products...

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Core Facility

The Core Facilities at CSCR host state-of-the art instrumentation to aid researchers...

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Academic Facilities

The library on the ground floor has access to a list of molecular and cell biology journals...

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Important Updates
Phase 1 clinical trial of gene therapy for Haemophilia A using lentiviral vector transduced autologous haematopoietic stem cells initiated by at the Christian Medical College, Vellore with first subject treated in June, 2022. Cell processing done at the cGMP facility of the Centre for Stem Cell Research. This is perhaps the first time that a first-in-human cutting-edge biotechnology based therapeutic has been used for the first time in the world in India.

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